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PRESS STATEMENTSenate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto03 June 2022 Marcos economic Cabinet group is ‘A-team, investment grade’ President-elect Marcos Jr.’s economic team is what the market might rate “premium investment grade.” Ben Diokno, Arsi Balisacan,

VALEDICTORY SPEECH 01 June 2022 18th Congress Mr. President, my dear colleagues: Thirty years—and thirty pounds—ago I walked into the House of Representatives as its youngest member. Next month, I will be returning there as one of the oldest—in years, but certainly not in

EXPLANATION OF VOTE SB 2506; Committee Report 597 INCREASING PENSION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 30 May 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues:  Age may just be a number, but the numbers on old-age pension are in the billions. The Social

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH Senate Resolution Nos. 1002, 1004, 1005  on the Death of Susan Roces  Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 23 May 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: A colleague has lost her mother, the people an icon, and the nation is all the more poorer

FIREARMS REGULATION (SB 1155; Committee Report 19)Explanation of Vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto02 Feb 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: When I first requested Senator Ronald to act on my bill, which injects common sense into our firearms law, he

Explanation of vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto31 January 2022 Mr. President, my dear colleagues: By proportion of structures destroyed, Marawi sustained more damage in 2017 than Manila in 1944. The U.S. Philippine Rehabilitation Act, however, took effect in

SB 2493: Vintage Vehicle Regulation ActExplanation of Vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto31 January 2022 The first automobile arrived in the Philippines in 1900, a “Georges Richard” imported from France by the store La Estrella del Norte for its customer, a

Explanation of vote of Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto31 January 2022 Exactly two years ago today, the swab test on the country’s COVID-19 Patient 2, a Chinese national, returned positive. A day later, on February 1, 2020, he expired. Patient 2 was confirmed as the

EXPLANATION OF VOTE HB 10373: Extending the Availability of 2021 GAA to December 31, 2022 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 13 December 2021 Mr. President:  The essence of this bill is to extend the clock on the current national budget. Appropriations bear expiry

SPONSORSHIP SPEECH CR 32 on SB 1241 Timbangan ng Bayan Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto 01 December 2021 A wisecrack once compared candidates to canned goods – many are weighed but have been found wanting. Appraising the former is a function of election. The latter,